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Hello and Good-bye

The Rio Tecolutla, formerly R/V Knorr, docked in Woods Hole for the final time last week when it returned from a training cruise with a crew of Mexican Navy personnel. Knorr was decomissioned in 2014 and in December of last year was sold by the U.S. Navy, the ship’s owner, to the government of Mexico. During its 44-year career, Knorr sailed more than 1.3 million miles in support of ocean science. Knorr will leave Woods Hole Tuesday for Veracruz and eventually its new home in Manzanillo, where it will act as a survey ship. (Photo by Tom Kleindinst, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)